Chapter 20 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 20.2

ऊनषोडशवर्षों मे रामो राजीवलोचनः। न युद्धयोग्यतामस्य पश्यामि सह राक्षसैः॥

ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣoṃ me rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ| na yuddhayogyatāmasya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ||

English Meaning

My lotus-eyed Ráma is not yet turned of sixteen; and I do not perceive his fitness to cope with Raksasas in battle.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)